Good evening all (here in Australia),
I'm on night shift so have time on my hands to troll the web and pester you Knowledge banks with Newbie Questions (I have searched "H" rifles with the search function also to no avail)
I came across the following Web page and its triggered a question pertaining to my own HT rifle and its history..
Now I've spoken with Ian S(an amazingly pleasant and helpful man) via email and emailed him pics of my rifle and mentioned its having volley sights he informed me its not uncommon as some Civi target rifles were handed in to the cause and converted.
However after seeing this page and pic (as long as the info is correct) would it be plausible that this is how my rifle potentially started life or was this "H" Treatment reserved only for No1 Mk3* rifles as noted on the page? (My HT is a 1916)
Also in comparison to my HT alot of the rifles im seeing appear to be in far better states of FTR to the point of being almost new looking?
The stock is Modified and notched identically to mine (is this a factory thing? as i have noticed a couple of Rifles with similiar stock modicications and all look the same and not DIY? or is this to accommodate the standard factory issue Volley sights on older rifles?) on the Left hand side of the receiver and still appears to have a longer screw? in the trigger guard and parkerized the same as the rest of the rifle.
If this is plausible is there any possible way to track it down? or am i grasping at straws here?
Also what is with the little Lug on the picture of the rifle in the link below at the rear of the nose cone?
LINK TO PAGE In question >>>>> http://www.firearms.net.au/military/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=145
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